Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 16, 2012 | News
President Juan Manuel Santos claimed Wednesday that Colombia’s military intelligence service has intercepted communication from the FARC in which commanders of that organization ordered the death of the head of state....
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 16, 2012 | Economy
The Colombian peso opened trading at a two-month low Thursday after the Colombian government announced forex interventions to ease the burden on exporters. The peso fell to COP1,820.5 for a dollar on Tuesday from 1,7930.60 the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 15, 2012 | Economy
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services boosted its outlook on Colombia to positive from stable, saying the country’s push for fiscal reform could improve its debt and interest burdens. S&P affirmed the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 15, 2012 | Tourism
Colombia’s trade minister said Tuesday he expects foreign visits to his country to go up 8.7% in 2012. While presenting the Colombian government’s mid-term achievements, Minister Sergio Diaz-Granados said that...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 15, 2012 | Economy
U.S. labor rights activists fasted Wednesday in support of Colombian former General Motors (GM) workers who have been on hunger strike for three weeks to demand compensation for labor-related diseases. According to human rights...
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